This is also a far cry from what Musk was saying last year. In January 2025, he said Tesla would build about 10,000 Optimus robots in 2025 and that “several thousand” would be doing useful work by year-end. A year later, he admitted that zero Optimus robots were doing useful work at Tesla. He also promised a V3 reveal by mid-2026. It’s late September, and that demo still hasn’t happened.
CEO of a public company lies about material information. Everyone knows he's lying, even his own investors and fans. But a journalist that tells the truth "has it out" for the CEO?
Reporting on habitual liars is "having it out" for someone? He lies, very frequently, it's public record. Those are facts, facts potentially worth reporting on. If one does not like the facts, that's a feeling. If one still supports the habitual liar for reasons, that’s a choice. Their hope is better spent on better people, but it’s their hope to spend and feelings to have.
Other issues aside, "several hundred a week" is pretty impressive. They are either going to start finding jobs for the robots to do, or else have a glut of robots on their hands.
examples:
Tesla Semi finally enters volume production, 7 years behind schedule
Tesla ‘FSD’ sped in 55% of Brussels 30 km/h zones ahead of EU vote
Tesla Full Self-Driving bug falsely flags dirty cameras, demands service
Tesla’s active robotaxi fleet in Austin crashes back to 8 vehicles after Cybercab pump
Tesla’s record month: 4 fatal Autopilot and Full Self-Driving crashes
Nowadays I tend to read this site instead:
https://www.notateslaapp.com/
https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/burndown-charts...
https://elonmusk.today/
I can only assume that behind the scenes this is a repeat of all that went wrong with the cybertruck.
Other players took the idea and did it better.
"It's chimp work. But chimps are too expensive, so they have us do it."
Also nuts at this point. Though the latter is good for everyone else as it forces development of alternatives.